Ok.. I was going to do some vacuum forming but I decided to go to the dollar store first and see what I could find... well... as luck would have it I found a perfect cover... just perfect... so I'll forget about the vacuum former for a bit...

Here it is.... A pizza slice container at the dollar store. Some velcro pieces on it and the tri base and vuala.... a perfect cover... I will paint mine black to make it look bad-ass and will get the same thing for the bottom since I have a bunch of electronics down there as well... What do you guys think?

So everyone is always asking me "How much can your tricopter lift?" I always reply with "I'm not really sure." So to find out, I had my 4 year old daughter hold on and see if it could lift her. Well, it did!

So everyone is always asking me "How much can your tricopter lift?" I always reply with "I'm not really sure." So to find out, I had my 4 year old daughter hold on and see if it could lift her. Well, it did!http://www.vimeo.com/9218895

Well.. I test flew the tri again today... Batteries still suck and I had a 1 minute flight before the beeping made me land...... I can't wait for the new batteries to arrive... In any event I decided to have some fun with it and threw together this video... Its pretty lame but I had fun making it...

Also, below are some pics of my camera mount. Gotta love pool noodle, and a new FPV toolbox I have setup. Its great as its on wheels... so toolbox pulled with one hand, Tricopter in the other. No more multiple trips to the truck.

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Cool! Its great that you enjoy FPV on your tricopter. And a very functional FPV toolbox on wheels you have there.

In the spirit of a foldable and portable tricopter, you also have a portable FPV toolbox, that's great. Suggestion: put one pocket basket for the tricopter to slip in.

Both TX/RX are whip antennas I see? You are flying around yourself in short range so I guess thats the best antenna for omnidirectional....
Oh sorry you were using a patch with antenna tracker.... Ok I'm confused now, you have a patch and a whip in your box, which were you using, I guess it was the whip.

Using a cheapy FPV camera too? I won't dare to put my expensive USD 200camera on that. Time for me to get a cheapy. Or I bury my expensive camera in a pool noodle. It's an amazingly versatile thing, those pool noodles.

So everyone is always asking me "How much can your tricopter lift?" I always reply with "I'm not really sure." So to find out, I had my 4 year old daughter hold on and see if it could lift her. Well, it did!

I wondered when this would start! Come on folks start getting creative with the depron and card. We want 3D objects next!

BTW Chicken Hawk, from behind you do look alarmingly like that crazy UFO guy......

So everyone is always asking me "How much can your tricopter lift?" I always reply with "I'm not really sure." So to find out, I had my 4 year old daughter hold on and see if it could lift her. Well, it did!http://www.vimeo.com/9218895

Cool! Its great that you enjoy FPV on your tricopter. And a very functional FPV toolbox on wheels you have there.

In the spirit of a foldable and portable tricopter, you also have a portable FPV toolbox, that's great. Suggestion: put one pocket basket for the tricopter to slip in.

Both TX/RX are whip antennas I see? You are flying around yourself in short range so I guess thats the best antenna for omnidirectional....
Oh sorry you were using a patch with antenna tracker.... Ok I'm confused now, you have a patch and a whip in your box, which were you using, I guess it was the whip.

Using a cheapy FPV camera too? I won't dare to put my expensive USD 200camera on that. Time for me to get a cheapy. Or I bury my expensive camera in a pool noodle. It's an amazingly versatile thing, those pool noodles.

Yep - I was only using the Omni Whip. The antenna tracker is used for my Big Wing Easy Star and not the Tri-copter.

I am still getting the hang of it, so I stay in close, just in case it goes in.